child care

18 movies and shows

Daddy Day Care

Fri, 09 May 2003

Two men get laid off and have to become stay-at-home dads when they can't find jobs, which inspires them to open their own day-care center.

Buck Russell, a lovable but slovenly bachelor, suddenly becomes the temporary caretaker of his nephew and nieces after a family emergency. His freewheeling attitude soon causes tension with his older niece Tia, loyal girlfriend Chanice and just about everyone else who crosses his path.

A Nutcracker Christmas

Sat, 10 Dec 2016

When her niece is cast in The Philadelphia Ballet’s production of the Nutcracker, a jaded ex-ballerina is forced to come to terms with the life and love she left behind.

Paradise

Wed, 18 Sep 1991

A 10-year-old boy spends a summer in the country with a childless couple and a precocious girl.

Hard Sun

Fri, 21 Nov 2014

After the death of her parents, a young woman assumes primary guardianship of her special needs brother. But as she attempts to balance her new life with her brother and her own blossoming romance, it becomes painfully clear that life will only make room for one.

What Will Happen to My Child?

Wed, 24 Aug 2022

Aging parents of disabled adults, they worry about their child's life after their disappearance. A moving insight into the daily life of a family home in the Vendée region, which offers them the prospect of a peaceful future.

R.H.I.N.O.; Really Here in Name Only

Sun, 03 Jul 1983

An isolated, overweight girl with a penchant for shoplifting, gets pushed from pillar to post as the authorities struggle to know what to do with her.

My Six Loves

Wed, 03 Apr 1963

A celebrated actress discovers six runaway children living on her country property.

On the Adamant

Wed, 22 Mar 2023

The Adamant is a unique day-care centre. A floating structure located on the Seine in the heart of Paris, it welcomes adults suffering from mental disorders, offering the kind of care that grounds them in time and space and helps them to recover or keep up their spirits. The team running it tries to resist the deterioration and dehumanisation of psychiatry as best as they can.

From Us To Me / Vom Wir zum Ich

Tue, 29 Nov 1988

This first co-production between the GDR and Great Britain is intended to contribute to an understanding of the situation and attitudes of millions of working people in opposing social orders. Using the example of shipyard workers, fishermen, the brigade and family of a trade union active cook and unemployed person of various ages and professions in Newcastle on the one hand and a brigade of crane operators of the Warnowwerft and fishermen of the Warnemünde cooperative on the other hand, insights into the way of life and attitudes of people of our time are to be conveyed.

Through the Night

Sun, 20 Jun 2021

When one’s sole focus is to provide for their children, the stakes are extremely high. The need for multiple jobs to make ends meet has become a common reality for many families in this country, which leads to a very important question: who looks after the children while their parents work? Through the Night examines the economic and emotional toll affecting some American families, told through the lens of a 24-hour daycare center in Westchester, New York. At the center of it all is Nunu, the primary caregiver and a hero to many families in need of a safe space to bring their children.

Malchen, die Unschuld vom Lande

Sat, 01 Jan 1921

Produced by a division of social services, the film follows a country girl's journey to learn more about hygiene and health after she's rejected from by her boyfriend who thinks her uncultivated.

Freigang

Tue, 15 Jan 2019

Single mother Kathi receives day release from prison and finds her three-year-old son, who is living with her unstable mother, in bad circumstances. She is forced to find a way to enable a better future for him, while time is against her, she has to be back in prison at six pm.

ABC Nunca Más

Fri, 24 May 2013

The largest childhood tragedy in the history of Mexico, not only marked the lives of 49 families who lost their sons in the fire at the ABC child care, but that of an entire nation. Following the incident, parents of children killed and injured in the fire seek to rebuild their lives while seeking justice.

Why Mr. Nation Wants a Divorce

Sat, 09 Mar 1901

The scene opens in the bedroom of Mr. Nation, husband of the famous Carrie Nation, the “Kansas Saloon Smasher”. Mr. Nation suddenly arises from the bed and picks up a crying infant from the cradle, and walks it up and down the floor. He suddenly steps upon a tack, becomes infuriated, and throws the baby back into the cradle…